D and L aldohexose in ring structure

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Right Down and Dirty
Right = D
In cyclic form Right = Down
 
Anamoric carbon in a cyclic form it bounds to two Oxygenes
In Fischer projection of glucose it is carbon number 5 that determines D it OH to the right and L if OH to the left.
 
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